Zarif hosts Omani counterpart amid Persian Gulf tensions
Irans Foreign Mohammad Javad Zarif hosted his Omani counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi in Tehran on Saturday, his office said, amid mounting tensions in the region between Washington and Tehran.
Japan prioritizes lobbying Iran, carefully weighing US naval coalition
Japans government will prioritize lobbying Tehran to ease tensions over the Iranian situation, while taking time to coordinate with Washington over a US-proposed international coalition to safeguard waters in and around the Strait of Hormuz, Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun wrote on Saturday.
Iranian ships stranded in Brazil refueled after court order
Two Iranian grain vessels stranded in the Brazilian port of Paranagua began refueling following a Brazilian court order compelling the state oil company of Petrobras to provide fuel to the ships.
France wont scrap tax on tech giants despite Trump threats
France will push ahead with a landmark tax on tech giants like Google and Facebook despite US President Donald Trumps threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Saturday.
JCPOA Joint Commission to convene in Vienna today
An urgent meeting of the Joint Commission on the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal is scheduled to be held in the Austrian capital city of Vienna today.
Iran to take legal action against UK ruling on defense deals
Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad said the country will take legal action against a British court ruling on a series of defense deals signed between the two countries before the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Border guard killed in deadly clashes in western Iran
A member of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was killed by counterrevolutionary elements in western Iran, in clashes where a number of the terrorists were also shot dead.
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Iran to increase commercial attachs in region
Irans new deputy industry minister in trade affairs, Hossein Modares Khiabani, said following the governments policies for increasing the countrys trade with the neighbors, 10 new commercial attachs are going to be sent to neigh-boring countries.
Iran, second innovation economy in central, southern Asia: GII
Iran is the second innovation economy in central and southern Asia, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2019 report.
Bahrain executes three activists despite intl. protests
Bahrain has executed three pro-democracy activists on twoseparate cases, defying widespread calls to com-mutethe death sentences handed to the prisoners in an unfair mass trial.
Sanders: Not Americas job to hate Iran or love Israel
Vermont Senator and 2020 presi-dential hopeful Bernie in a Friday interview with Pod Save America said it is not the United States proper role to hate a country such as Iran or love another one such as Israel.
Festival of local games held in Javaher Dasht
A traditional festival of local games was held in the northern village of Javaher Dasht on July 25 and 26, 2019, highlighted by various outdoor games, competitions, and entertaining programs.
Quds Force chief: Every year Iran facing a new sedition
Over the past forty years, each year the Islamic Republic has been fac-ing a new sedition, the commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps ex-tra-territorial branch, the Quds Force, has said, emphasizing the role the clergy play in leading the country through the harsh times.
Omans Bin Alawi holds talks with Zarif in Tehran
Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah held talks in Tehran on Saturday with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. There were no details of the talks.
Russia urges UK, France and Germany to uphold nuclear deal obligations
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called on Iran to exercise restraint and urged the UK, France and Germany to meet their obligations under the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA.
Tehran, Moscow to cooperate on non-ionizing radiation safety
Iran and Russia will be cooperating in non-ionizing radiation safety, a division of the nuclear science, according to the outcome of a recent meeting between officials on the two sides.
UK daily warns Iranian military strength may overpower British forces amid tensions
The UKs Daily Express paper has published a report, featuring a shock chart, illustrating that Iranian military strength may overpower that of Britain in various key aspects.